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Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... revenue will investors be prepared to give up by recalling loans to ensure voting. "Some investors will want to vote on all equities with no exceptions, Snowdon said. "Others will be happy to vote on a percentage of each equity, or on contentious votes ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... of drought and bushfires, to see where greenhouse gas emissions and water use comes in," said Emlie O'Neill, ESG and equities analyst at Perennial. "Remuneration probably become a stronger focus as well, given the work around the financial regulator ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... funds (ETFs) have passed the $1 billion funds under management, fuelled by around $300 million in inflows to the two equities ETFs in the past three months. BetaShares Ethical ETFs FUM BetaShares points to the coincidence of the spike of inflows into ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) standards in emerging market equities are improving, and form an important part of the investment framework for value investing, said T. Rowe Price. Irmak Surenkok, portfolio specialist in the Equity ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... exclusions of tobacco and controversial weapons came through engagement with clients, said Leslie Mao, Australian head of equities, Willis Tower Watson. "The tobacco and controversial weapons exclusion was developed around engagement and understanding ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... with Sustainalytics to do that initial report. They've been working on building out their database as it applies to the equities portfolio and we decided to work with them because we wanted that collaborative relationship. "As we're starting to go out ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... use for investment purposes." The increased source of data has assisted other quantitative managers, such as Rosenberg Equities. "For most quant managers breadth of selection universe is critical to success," said Kathryn McDonald, head of sustainable ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
The Australian listed equities benchmark has slightly less unmanaged environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk than benchmarks in the US, UK and Canada, with the exception of the Australian materials sector, which has relatively more risk than ...

Emerging markets bring exposure to unmanaged ESG risk: Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... markets," said Martin Vezer, manager, thematic research. "A lot of investor interest has been focusing on emerging market equities, and the US/China trade war, has been creating tension in emerging markets. That, as well as IMF cutting its projection ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... broad range of fixed income assets mainly in euro denominated investment grade corporate and government bonds and global equities, which can consist of up to 40% of portfolio allocation. Amundi also applies eSG factors with their fundamental analysis. ...